Real Estate Blog by Flock Dream Homes

Nine, localized guides available to home owners in San Diego County The California Association of REALTORS ® (C.A.R.) has released the Foreclosure Prevention Library, nine informative guides explaining how homeowners can avoid foreclosure and foreclosure scams. The new guides consist of the following titles:Proposition 8 - Property Tax ...

North County’s Brian Flock to mark anniversary of a massive “client relocation effort” at the Carlsbad 5000Carlsbad, CA, April 8, 2010:  Sometimes understated yet rarely one to be a dullard, North County broker Brian Flock of Keller Williams Realty and member of the San Diego Association of REALTORS (SDAR) is for the first ...

Clocks change in unison for the first time since 2007 by Brian Flock Two years after the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Mexico adopted the daylight savings time of its northern neighbors, the United States and Canada. After years of tangled schedules and manufacturing challenges posed by differing schedules, the occurrence of ...

Brian Flock to service Bank of America’s Cooperative Short Sale program in San Diego County California-licensed real estate broker and San Diego Association of REALTORS member Brian Flock has been awarded Platinum certification for the system to be used in Bank of America’s Cooperative Short Sale program. The Bank of America ...

February 1 rule to allow FHA borrowers to make offers on foreclosed properties According to a January 16 report in the North County Times, the FHA has announced a one-year reprieve from the administrations “anti-flipping” to start in affect on February 1, 2010.The anti-flipping rule was instituted in 2004 as an attempt to prevent ...

First time home buyers in San Diego get $8,000, others up to $6,500 US Senators yesterday voted yesterday to approve bill HR 3548 which was primarily intended to extend unemployment benefits. However, as with most bills, a variety of other legislation was bundled in the bill including an anticipated extension of the first time buyer tax credit ...

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by Brian FlockIf it’s not common knowledge already, I’ll announce it now: short sales and foreclosure home purchases in San Diego County require a special tact and patience in order to purchase successfully. Full stop.This truism applies to both buyers and the agents that represent them in a home purchase.The National Association of ...

Yet many veterans and home sellers are unaware of the benefits of VA real estate loansby Brian FlockMilitary bases in San Diego include the largest concentration of naval facilities in the world; Marine Corps bases such as Camp Pendleton that encompass over 125,000 acres; and Coast Guard stations. With a strong military history dating since World ...

Plus tips to make your FHA offer stand outby Brian FlockThe US government stimulus programs were in part designed to increase home ownership and to decrease home foreclosures. In support of this, Federal Housing Association (FHA) loan limits have nearly doubled to nearly $700,000 in San Diego County (see graphic) and yet still require less than a ...